# Quote — Kurt Vonnegut, Armageddon in Retrospect

> "All right, all right, all right," she said with a sigh, "let's hear the story of life in a blinding flash."
>
> "The wreckers against the builders!" said Elmer. "There's the whole story of life!"
>
> "And I've got more news for you."
>
> "Yes?" piped Ivy.
>
> "I am not going to help the wreckers," said Elmer. "My son and I are builders."

- Author: [Kurt Vonnegut](https://www.leafyquotes.com/kurt-vonnegut.md)
- Book: [Armageddon in Retrospect](https://www.leafyquotes.com/kurt-vonnegut/armageddon-in-retrospect.md)
- Page: 124
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Kurt_Vonnegut#Armageddon_in_Retrospect_(2008)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/kurt-vonnegut/armageddon-in-retrospect/all-right-all

## More from this book

> In the nightmare of a warring world, it takes peculiar skills to get along.

p. 193 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/kurt-vonnegut/armageddon-in-retrospect/in-the-nightmare.md)

> But listen: If anyone here should wind up on a gurney in a lethal-injection facility, maybe the one at Terre Haute, here is what your last words should be: "This will certainly teach me a lesson."

p. 22 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/kurt-vonnegut/armageddon-in-retrospect/but-listen-if-anyone.md)